The missing lens in family firm governance theory: a self-other typology of parental altruism

In this paper, the authors derive a typology of five parental altruistic archetypes that exhausts the possible altruistic influences in the governance at family firms. They argue that when taken in concert, these five types comprise a more balanced explanation of the cross-sectional variance in the governance efficiency of these firms and therefore can better explain why some family firms are more able than others to capitalize on the family governance's positive attributes.family firms; parental altruism; governance

Exploring taboo issues in professional sport through a fictional approach

While the need to consider life course issues in elite sport research and practice is increasingly recognised, some experiences still seem to be considered too dangerous to explore. Consequently, stories of these experiences are silenced and the ethical and moral questions they pose fail to be acknowledged, understood or debated. This paper presents an ethnographic fiction through which we explore a sensitive set of experiences that were uncovered during our research with professional sportspeople. Through a multi‐layered reconstruction, the story reveals the complex, but significant, relationships that exist between identity, cultural narratives and embodied experiences. After the telling we consider how the story has stimulated reflective practice among students, researchers and practitioners. While there are risks involved in writing and sharing taboo stories, the feedback we have received suggests that storytelling can be an effective pedagogical tool in education and professional development

Toys That Listen: A Study of Parents, Children, and Internet-Connected Toys

Hello Barbie, CogniToys Dino, and Amazon Echo are part of a new wave of connected toys and gadgets for the home that listen. Unlike the smartphone, these devices are always on, blending into the background until needed. We conducted interviews with parent-child pairs in which they interacted with Hello Barbie and CogniToys Dino, shedding light on children’s expectations of the toys’ “intelligence” and parents’ privacy concerns and expectations for parental controls. We find that children were often unaware that others might be able to hear what was said to the toy, and that some parents draw connections between the toys and similar tools not intended as toys (e.g., Siri, Alexa) with which their children already interact. Our findings illuminate people’s mental models and experiences with these emerging technologies and will help inform the future designs of interactive, connected toys and gadgets. We conclude with recommendations for designers and policy makers.https://digitalcommons.law.uw.edu/techlab/1002/thumbnail.jp

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Soloists of ALEA III: Joseph Scheer, violin and Martin Amlin, piano, with James Cooke, violin, Diane Heffner, clarinet, and Michael Romanul, cello, April 27, 1984

This is the concert program of the Soloists of ALEA III: Joseph Scheer, violin and Martin Amlin, piano, with James Cooke, violin, Diane Heffner, clarinet, and Michael Romanul, cello performance on Friday, April 27, 1984 at 8:00 p.m., at the Concert Hall, 855 Commonwealth Avenue. Works performed were In Memoriam Igor Stravinsky by William Kraft, Bacchanale for Prepared Piano by John Cage, Sonata for two violins, Op. 56 by Sergei Prokofiev, Duo No. 1 for violin and piano by Arthur Berger, "Klavierstück IX" by Karlheinz Stockhausen, and A Neo-Platonic Epistrophe by Donald Sur. Digitization for Boston University Concert Programs was supported by the Boston University Humanities Library Endowed Fund